Friday Poem (0425)

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Riding the Ox Home

Riding the ox home, taking it easy,
The flute’s notes vanish in the evening haze.
Tapping time to a folk song, happy as can be -
It’s all too much for words.

K’uo-an (trans. Stanley Lombardo)

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